KR20140083451A - Server and method for generating widget data and device and method for displaying the widget data - Google Patents

Abstract

A server for generating widget data includes a communications unit for receiving a request for the generation of a widget and at least one selection required for the generation of the widget from a first device; a search condition generating unit for generating items to represent search conditions based on at least one selection and the request which are received; a video content link processing unit for generating a list of at least one video content linked with the item generated based on the received request and at least one selection; and a widget data generating unit for generating widget data including the generated items and list. The communications unit transmits the generated widget data to a second device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a server and a method for generating widget data, and a device and a method for displaying widget data.

The present invention relates to a server and method for generating widget data, and to a device and method for displaying widget data.

IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is an interactive television service provided by using a broadband internet network. This is different from general cable broadcasting in that viewers can only view programs they want to watch at a convenient time.

Widget is a kind of mini-application that makes frequently used services a small icon. It is made to use the service directly without using a web browser on PC or mobile. Widgets include useful features such as weather, calendars, calculators, and clocks, as well as various contents such as games, news, and stocks.

In recent years, services using such widgets are expanding to mobile devices and the like. Related to the widget service applied to mobile devices, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-0103516 discloses a method and system for running a web widget on a smartphone.

However, the widget service method applied to mobile devices is difficult to apply to IPTV as it is, and a widget for mobile devices is not enough to satisfy various consumers' demands for various contents.

We want to provide a service that allows proactive customers who are prosumers to directly create widgets and recommend them to other customers. By applying various themes for video content recommendation to widgets, we intend to promote interest and consumption of video contents. We intend to provide a new content access method to discover VOD that customers can enjoy while exploring various VODs directly by using widgets of VOD recommendation made by other users. It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means to achieve the above-mentioned technical object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication device for receiving a request to create a widget from a first device and at least one selection required for creation of the widget, A search condition creating unit for creating an item representing a search condition based on a single selection, a video content link generating a list of one or more video contents linked to the generated item based on the received request and at least one selection, And a widget data generating unit for generating widget data including the generated item and the generated list, and the communication unit may provide a server for transmitting the generated widget data to the second device.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for generating a widget, the method comprising: receiving a request to create a widget from a first device and at least one selection needed for creation of the widget; Generating a list of one or more video content items linked to the generated item based on the received request and at least one selection; and generating widget data And the communication unit may transmit the created widget data to the second device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal including a communication unit for receiving a plurality of widget data including an item indicating a search condition from a widget data generation server and a list of moving picture contents linked with the item, And a display unit for displaying the first widget data on a display, and an input unit for receiving a selection of first widget data among the plurality of displayed widget data through a user interface, wherein the display unit displays the first widget data And displaying a list of the included moving picture contents on the display.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying widget data, comprising the steps of: receiving a widget data item including an item indicating a search condition and a list of video contents linked to the item from a widget data generation server; The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying the first widget data on a display; and receiving a selection of first widget data among the plurality of displayed widget data through a user interface, And displaying a list of the included moving picture contents on the display.

According to any one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, there is provided a widget data generation server and method capable of providing a service that an active customer corresponding to a prosumer can directly create a widget and recommend it to other customers Can be provided. It is possible to provide a widget data generation server and method which can promote interest and consumption of moving image contents by applying various themes for recommending moving image contents to widgets. It is possible to provide a widget data display device and method that can provide a new content access method for discovering a VOD that a customer can enjoy while exploring various VODs directly by using widgets for VOD recommendation produced by other users.

1 is a configuration diagram of a recommended widget providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of the server shown in FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process in which widget data is generated and transmitted by the respective components included in the recommended widget providing system of FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a widget data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a configuration diagram of the device shown in Fig.
6A to 6E are diagrams illustrating examples of the graphical interface displayed on the display of the second device 30. [
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying widget data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "including" an element, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well as other elements, And does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a recommended widget providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a recommended widget providing system 1 includes a server 10, a first device 20, and a second device 30. 1 constituting the recommended widget providing system 1 are connected through a network 15 in general. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a server 10 is connected to a first device 20 and a second device 30 via a network 15.

An example of such a network 15 is a network such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless (Wireless) network, and the like. The network 15 is a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between respective nodes such as terminals and servers. But are not limited to, a wireless local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a personal area network (PAN), 3G, 4G, LTE and the like. Also, the server 10, the first device 20, and the second device 30 shown in FIG. 1 are not limited to those shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the server 10 relays data between other nodes in the recommended widget providing system 1. For example, the server 10 may provide data requested by the first device 20 or the second device 30. [ As another example, the server 10 may generate data from the first device 20 and forward the generated data to the second device 30. [ One example of such a server 10 includes a communication relay server, a content providing server, a content service provider server, a media server, and a head end.

The first device 20 transmits a widget data generation request signal to the server 10. At this time, the widget data may be generated by the widget authoring tool of the first device 20. Generally, the widget authoring tool is based on the web and can be provided by the web site of the content providing.

The manner of authoring the widget data may be selected in one of various modes by the choice of the first user. For example, the manner of authoring the widget data may be either a basic mode or an expert mode. Basic mode can provide editors to general users who are not proficient at using computers. One example of such an editor is in the form of a WYSIWIG (What You See Is What You Get). Expert mode is a mode for the user who can master the computer, and the user can use the programming language through the editor of the basic mode. One example of such a programming language is HTML5, Javascript, and the like.

The widget data edited in the first device 20 is transmitted to the server 10 via the network 15. One example of the network 15 is various such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), a PAN (Personal Area Network)

The second device 30 receives the widget data from the server 10. At this time, when the server 10 receives the widget data request signal from the second device 30, the server 10 can transmit the widget data to the second device 30. Accordingly, the second device 30 can receive the widget data generated by the content provider through the first device 20. The widget data provided to the first device 20 may be stored in the second device 20 in accordance with an array criterion such as NEW (new widget), BEST (most popular widget), whole (all widgets), MY (30). ≪ / RTI >

The second device 30 displays the widget data provided from the server 10 and displays a plurality of video content lists corresponding to the selected widget data when predetermined widget data is selected from the user interface. In addition, when the second user selects one moving picture content, the second device 30 can display the additional information of the selected moving picture content on the display. The additional information includes, for example, a plot of a moving picture content, a main character, supervision, recommendation count, and comment. As an example of the additional information, the comment may be a phrase such as "another movie to watch" The recommendation count, which is another example of the additional information, counts the number of times recommended by the users who watched the video contents and displays the count, and may be, for example, a phrase such as "Yes 96 ".

The second device 30 transmits a viewing request signal requesting the moving image content to the server 10. The server 10 receiving the viewing request signal of the moving image content transmits the data of the moving image content to the second device 30 through the network 15. The transmitted moving picture contents can be provided to the second user by being reproduced through the display of the second device 30.

The first device 20 may be a computer using a web-based authoring tool, for example, a desktop, a notebook, a netbook, an UltraBook, a subnotebook, A desktop computer, a desk notebook, a UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC), and the like.

The second device 30 is, for example, a display device for displaying a widget and providing moving picture contents. The second device 30 may be a widget such as an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a Smart TV, a Connected TV And a TV capable of being used.

2 is a configuration diagram of the server shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 may include a communication unit 11, a search condition generating unit 12, a moving image content link processing unit 13, and a widget data generating unit 14. However, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the server 10 may further include another configuration.

The communication unit 11 receives a request signal for generating a widget from the first device 20 and at least one selection required for generating a widget. At this time, a request signal for generating a widget and a selection signal for generating a widget may be generated and transmitted by the authoring tool of the first device 20.

The search condition generating unit 12 generates an item indicating a search condition based on the received request and at least one selection. At this time, the item is either text or image indicating the search condition. The text indicating the result of the search condition is determined based on the number of times the text is retrieved, and the size and color of the text can be determined differently. For example, when a search word related to moving picture contents is frequently searched by users, the size of the text indicating the search result may be determined to be relatively large compared to other texts or may be determined to be a relatively conspicuous color. Examples of noticeable colors are red, blue, and other primary colors.

In contrast, when a search term associated with the video content is searched for by the users, the size of the text representing the search result may be determined to be relatively small compared to other texts, or may be determined to be a relatively inconspicuous color. The less noticeable color is achromatic, such as gray, gray.

The moving picture content link processing unit 13 generates a list of one or more moving picture contents linking with the request received from the first device 20 and the item generated based on at least one selection. At this time, the moving picture content link processing unit 13 can search a plurality of moving picture contents from the database or the web using the search condition generated by the search condition generating unit 12. [ For example, the moving picture content link processing unit 13 may receive a search condition of marriage from the first device 20 and search for moving picture contents including a phrase related to marriage in a title or plot.

A database (not shown) stores the data. A database (not shown) may store search conditions, widget data, video contents, and the like. One example of such a database (not shown) includes a hard disk drive, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, and a memory card existing in the server 10 or the like.

The moving picture content link processing unit 13 can recommend a plurality of moving picture contents to the first device 20. The moving picture content link processing unit 13 generates a list of one or more selected moving picture contents when one or more moving picture contents recommended by the first device 20 are selected by the first device 20. [ For example, the moving picture content link processing unit 13 searches four moving picture contents corresponding to a search condition of marriage, recommends two moving picture contents to the first device 20, The first moving picture content, the second moving picture content, the third moving picture content, the fourth moving picture content, and the first moving picture content and the second moving picture content to be recommended to another user are selected from the first moving picture content, the second moving picture content, .

The widget data generator 14 generates widget data including the generated item and the generated list. For example, when the moving image content link processing unit 13 includes moving image content selected by a user of the first device 20 among a plurality of moving image related content related to marriage in the moving image content list, And generates the widget data by matching the generated content list. At this time, the widget data may include a search condition, a list, additional information of each of one or more video contents, and a plurality of arrangement conditions for the list.

The communication unit 11 transmits the generated widget data to the second device 30. In addition, when the communication unit 11 receives a selection of one of the one or more moving picture contents from the second device 30, the communication unit 11 may transmit data of the selected moving picture content to the second device 30 through the network have. In this case, an example of the network is various such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), and a PAN (Personal Area Network).

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process in which widget data is generated and transmitted by the respective components included in the recommended widget providing system of FIG. Hereinafter, an exemplary process of generating and transmitting widget data according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 3, the first device 20 requests the server 10 to generate a widget via the network 15 (S301). The server 10 generates an item indicating a search condition based on the received request (S302). The generated item generates a list of moving picture contents linking the moving picture contents corresponding to the search condition (S303). The server 10 generates widget data including the created item and the generated list (S304). The server 10 transmits the created widget data to the second device 30 (S305).

The second device 30 displays a plurality of widget data on the display, and the second user selects one widget data among a plurality of widget data (S306). The video content list included in the widget data selected by the second user is displayed on the display (S307). When the second user selects the moving image content, the second device 30 displays the additional information of the selected moving image content (S308). The second device 30 sends the selected moving image content request signal to the server 10 (S309). The server 10 transmits the selected video content data to the second device 30 (S310).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a widget data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The widget data generation method of FIG. 4 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the server 10 shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the server 10 through FIGS. 1 to 3 also apply to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 4, even if omitted in the following description.

In step S410, the communication unit 11 receives a request for creating a widget from the first device 20 and at least one selection required for creating the widget. In step S420, the search condition generating unit 12 generates an item indicating a search condition based on the received request and at least one selection. In step S430, the moving picture content link processing unit 13 generates a list of one or more moving picture contents linking with the received request and the item generated based on at least one selection. In step S440, the widget data generator 14 generates widget data including the generated items and the generated list. In step S450, the communication unit 11 transmits the generated widget data to the second device 30. [

5 is a configuration diagram of the device shown in Fig. In particular, the device of FIG. 5 may refer to the second device 30 of FIG. 5, the second device 30 may include a communication unit 31, a display unit 32, and an input unit 33, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The communication unit 31 receives a plurality of widget data including a list of video content linked with items and items indicating search conditions from the widget data generation server 10. [ At this time, the item may be either text or an image.

The display unit 32 arranges and displays a plurality of received widget data on a display. The display unit 32 displays a list of video contents included in the first widget data on the display corresponding to the selection input from the user interface. As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 32 may include a first display unit 321 and a second display unit 322.

The first display unit 321 displays a plurality of arrangement references as a reference for arranging a plurality of widget data in the first area of the display. At this time, the plurality of arrangement criteria may be, for example, NEW (new recommendation widget), BEST (most popular recommendation widget), whole (all recommendation widgets), MY (recently used recommendation widget) Further, the plurality of arrangement references may be sequentially arranged in the vertical or horizontal direction in the first area.

The second display unit 322 displays a plurality of widget data on the second area of the display by arranging a plurality of widget data based on the selected first arrangement reference when a first array reference among a plurality of array references displayed through a user interface is selected. For example, when the "BEST" among a plurality of arrangement criteria arranged in the first area is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 arranges widget data according to popularity and displays the widget data in the second area of the display . At this time, the popularity may reflect the degree of the widget data selected by a plurality of users or the degree of recommendation.

For example, when the "New" is selected among the plurality of array references arranged in the first area through the user interface, the second display unit 322 selects a predetermined number of the widget data, They can be arranged in order. In another example, when the "all" among a plurality of arrangement references arranged in the first area is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 can arrange the entire widget data according to the created order.

The second display unit 322 can arrange the widget data in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction. For example, the second display unit 322 can arrange a plurality of widget data in the vertical direction on the basis of two columns. As another example, the second display portion 322 may arrange the widget data in the horizontal direction. In this case, the second display unit 322 arranges a plurality of widget data in the vertical direction when the arrangement references are arranged in the vertical direction, and arranges the plurality of widget data in the horizontal direction when the arrangement references are arranged in the horizontal direction have.

The second display unit 322 can display an information page including a search execution icon corresponding to the widget data, a recommended number of times, and a widget bookmark in the second area when any one of widget data displayed is selected have.

The second display unit 322 may display the moving picture contents list corresponding to the widget data in the second area when any one of the plurality of displayed widget data is selected. The second display unit 322 may display additional information including the user's latest recommendation number corresponding to the moving image content in the second area when one of the moving image contents is selected through the user interface.

6A to 6E are diagrams illustrating examples of the graphical interface displayed on the display of the second device 30. [

Referring to FIG. 6A, the first display unit 321 may display a plurality of arrangement criteria, which is a reference for arranging a plurality of widget data, in the first area 610 of the display. If any one of the array references is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 can display a plurality of widget data corresponding to the array reference in the second area (not shown) of the display. The second display unit 322 displays the information page 612 corresponding to the selected widget data and the video content list 613 corresponding to the selected widget data in the second Area can be displayed. At this time, the information page 612 includes at least one of a search execution icon, a recommendation count, and a widget bookmark. When any one of the moving picture contents is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 displays the additional information 614 corresponding to the selected moving picture content in the second area. At this time, the additional information may include at least one of a user's late period or a recommended number of times.

The second display unit 322 displays a graphic icon for calling a part of a plurality of widget data into the second area of the display when a first arrangement reference for selecting all of the plurality of widget data among the plurality of arrangement criteria is selected through the user interface . At this time, the graphic icon may include an icon for inputting a search condition and an icon indicating a search result.

The second display unit 322 activates the third area when the graphic icon is selected through the user interface. The third area includes a search window for inputting search conditions and a window for displaying search results. The window for the search result is divided into a cloud type and a grid type.

When the cloud type is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 can display the search results based on the search frequency in a text format in different sizes and colors. For example, when the search term associated with the moving picture content is frequently searched by the users, the second display unit 322 may determine the size of the text representing the search result to be relatively large compared with other text, .

When the grid type is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 sequentially displays a plurality of widget data including the search result in the second area.

Referring to FIG. 6B, the first display unit 321 may display a plurality of arrangement criteria, which is a reference for arranging a plurality of widget data, in the first area 620 of the display. The second display unit 322 displays all of the plurality of widget data in the second area 621 in the order in which they were recently registered when the first arrangement reference for selecting all of the plurality of widget data among the plurality of array references is selected through the user interface, .

The second display unit 322 displays a graphic icon 622 in the second area 621 that calls another part of the plurality of widget data 621 to the second area. The graphic icon is either an icon 623 for inputting a search condition or an icon 631 and 633 for indicating a search result.

When the icon 623 for inputting the search condition of the graphic icon is selected through the user interface, a search window 624 for inputting the search condition may be displayed in the third region 621. [

6C and 6D, the graphic icon includes an icon 623 for inputting search conditions and icons 631 and 633 for indicating search results. When icons 631 and 633 indicating the search result of the graphic icon are selected through the user interface, a window indicating the search result corresponding to the search condition may be displayed in the third areas 632 and 634. [

When icons 631 and 633 indicating search results are selected through the user interface, it is possible to select a method of representing search results. In this case, the method of displaying the search result may be any one of a cloud type displayed in text and a grid type arranged in order of widget data corresponding to search conditions.

When the icons 631 and 633 representing the search result through the user interface are selected as the cloud type 631, the second display unit 322 displays the text in the third region 632 as a text based on the search frequency Can be displayed. At this time, the text may be displayed in different sizes and colors based on the number of searches. For example, when a search word related to moving picture contents is frequently searched by users, the size of the text indicating the search result may be determined to be relatively large compared to other texts or may be determined to be a relatively conspicuous color. An example of a noticeable color may be red, blue, or other primary colors. In contrast, when a search term associated with the video content is searched for by the users, the size of the text representing the search result may be determined to be relatively small compared to other texts, or may be determined to be a relatively inconspicuous color. The less noticeable color may be achromatic, such as white, gray, or the like.

When the icons 631 and 633 representing the search result are selected as the grid type 633 through the user interface, the second display unit 322 sequentially arranges the widget data corresponding to the search conditions, 634, < / RTI >

The input unit 33 receives a selection of the first widget data among a plurality of widget data displayed on the display through the user interface. At this time, the input unit 33 can be input as a text-based search condition through the user interface. The user interface is any one of a touch recognition interface, a speech recognition interface, a gesture recognition interface, a hardware keyboard, and a mouse device, for example, receiving or inputting predetermined information from a user.

6E shows an example of a graphical interface displayed on the display of the second device 30. [ 6E, the first display unit 321 displays a plurality of arrangement references such as "New", "Best", "All", and "My" arranged in the horizontal direction in the first area. At this time, if "New" is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 arranges and displays widget data newly registered in the second area in the horizontal direction. If "Best" is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 arranges and displays the widest two widget data having the highest popularity in the second area in the horizontal direction. If "ALL" is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 arranges and displays the widget data in the horizontal direction in the second area in order or in the order of registration. If "My" is selected through the user interface, the second display unit 322 arranges and displays the widget data previously selected or registered by the user of the second device 30 in the second area in the horizontal direction.

6E, the second display section 322 displays first widget data having a title of "award winner" and second widget data having a title of "Mix & Match" in the second area. The first widget data includes search conditions such as "Berlin Film Festival", "Cannes Film Festival", "New York Film Festival" and "Sundance Film Festival". The second display unit 322 can display a list of video contents that have been displayed in the selected "Cannes Film Festival" when "Cannes Film Festival" is selected among the search conditions of the first widget data through the user interface.

6E, the second widget data includes "romance "," comedy "and" horror "as search conditions. At this time, the second widget data may also graphically display numerical values corresponding to the respective search conditions. These numbers represent, for example, the selectivity by users. The second display unit 322 can display a list of moving picture contents that are a genre of the selected "romance " when" romance "is selected from the search conditions of the second widget data through the user interface.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying widget data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The widget data display method of Fig. 7 includes the steps of time-series processing in the second device 30 shown in Fig. Therefore, the contents described above for the second device 30 through FIGS. 1 to 6 also apply to the embodiment described in FIG. 7, even if omitted from the following description.

In step S710, the communication unit 31 receives a plurality of widget data including a list of items representing the search condition and a list of the video contents linked with the items from the widget data generation server 10. [ In step S720, the display unit 32 arranges and displays the plurality of received widget data on the display. In step S730, the input unit 33 receives a selection of the first widget data among the displayed plurality of widget data through the user interface. In step S740, the display unit 32 displays a list of moving picture contents included in the first widget data on the display corresponding to the input selection.

Each of the widget data generation methods described with reference to FIG. 4 or the widget data display methods described with reference to FIG. 7 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, have. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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Claims (19)

A server for generating widget data,
A communication unit for receiving a request to create a widget from the first device and at least one selection required for creation of the widget;
A search condition generator for generating an item indicating a search condition based on the received request and at least one selection;
A moving picture content link processing unit for generating a list of one or more moving picture contents linked to the generated item based on the received request and at least one selection; And
And a widget data generator for generating widget data including the generated item and the generated list,
And the communication unit transmits the generated widget data to the second device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication unit transmits data of the selected moving picture content to the second device when the selected moving picture content is requested from the one or more moving picture contents from the second device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the moving picture content link processing unit recommends a plurality of moving picture contents corresponding to the generated search condition to the first device and when the one or more moving picture contents among the plurality of recommended moving picture contents are selected by the first device And generate a list of the one or more selected video contents.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the moving picture content link processing unit searches the database or the web for the plurality of moving picture contents using the generated search condition.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the widget data includes the search condition, the list, additional information of each of the one or more video contents, and a plurality of arrangement conditions for the list.
The method according to claim 1,
And the item is either text or an image representing the search condition.
The method according to claim 6,
The size and color of the text indicating the result of the search condition is determined based on the number of times the text is searched.
A method for generating widget data,
Receiving a request to create a widget from a first device and at least one selection required for creation of the widget;
Generating an item representing a search condition based on the received request and at least one selection;
Generating a list of one or more video content items linked to the generated item based on the received request and at least one selection; And
Generating widget data including the generated item and the generated list,
And the communication unit transmits the generated widget data to a second device.
A device for displaying widget data,
A communication unit for receiving a plurality of widget data including an item indicating a search condition from a widget data creation server and a list of video contents linked with the item;
A display unit arranged to display the plurality of received widget data on a display; And
And an input unit for receiving a selection of the first widget data among the plurality of displayed widget data through a user interface,
Wherein the display unit displays on the display a list of moving picture contents included in the first widget data corresponding to the input selection.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the display unit comprises: a first display unit for displaying a plurality of array references as a reference for arranging the plurality of widget data in a first area of the display; And
And a second display unit for displaying the plurality of widget data on the second area of the display based on the selected first arrangement reference when the first array reference among the displayed array reference is selected through the user interface Device.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the display unit displays an information page corresponding to the selected widget data when any one of the plurality of widget data is selected through the user interface.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the information page includes at least one of a search execution icon, a recommendation count, and a widget bookmark associated with the selected widget data.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the display unit displays additional information corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of moving picture contents included in the list through the user interface when any one of the plurality of moving picture contents is selected through the user interface.
14. The method of claim 13,
And the additional information of the moving picture contents includes at least one of a user's later recommendation count or the like.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the first display unit arranges the plurality of arrangement references in a vertical or horizontal direction,
Wherein the second display unit arranges the widget data in the vertical direction when the plurality of arrangement references are arranged in the vertical direction and arranges the widget data in the horizontal direction when the plurality of arrangement references are arranged in the horizontal direction , device.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the second display unit displays a part of the plurality of widget data on a second area of the display when a first arrangement reference for selecting all of the plurality of widget data among the plurality of arrangement criteria is selected through a user interface And display a graphical icon that invokes another portion of the plurality of widget data into the second region.
17. The method of claim 16,
And the second display unit activates the third area when the graphic icon is selected through the user interface.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the input unit receives a search condition of a text form through a user interface.
A method of displaying widget data,
Receiving a plurality of widget data including an item indicating a search condition from a widget data creation server and a list of video contents linked with the item;
Arranging and displaying the plurality of received widget data on a display;
Receiving a selection of first widget data among a plurality of displayed widget data through a user interface; And
And displaying a list of video contents included in the first widget data on the display corresponding to the input selection.

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